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Title: Networking Protocols – Interview Questions and Answers

1. To prevent Service Advertisements (SAPs) from flooding a network,

Cisco routers do not forward them. How are services advertised to
other networks?
* Each router builds its own SAP table and forwards that every 60
seconds.
* Each router assigns a service number and broadcasts that.
* SAPs aren’t necessary with Cisco routers.
* Cisco routers filter out all SAPs.
Correct answer: A
Cisco routers build SAP tables and forward the table every 60
seconds. All SAPs can’t be filtered even with 4.x since NDS and time
synchronization uses SAPs.
2. Novell’s implementation of RIP updates routing tables every ____
seconds.
* 60
* 90
* 10
* 30
Correct answer: A
Novell’s RIP updates routing tables every 60 seconds, Apple’s RTMP
is every 10 seconds, routers ARP every 60 seconds, IGRP signal
every 90 seconds, and Banyan VINES signals every 90 seconds.
3. In Novell’s use of RIP, there are two metrics used to make routing
decisions. Select the two metrics.
* Ticks.
* Hops
* Loops
* Counts
Correct answer: A &B
It first uses ticks (which is about 1/18 sec.); if there is a tie, it uses
hops; if hops are equal, then it uses an administratively assigned
tiebreaker.
4. What is the Cisco name for the encapsulation type used on a serial
interface?
* HDLC
* SDLC
* SAP
* SNAP
Correct answer: A
5. “arpa” is used by the Cisco IOS for which encapsulation types?
* Ethernet_II
* Ethernet_802.3
* Ethernet_802.2
* Ethernet_SNAP
Correct answer: A
6. Novell’s IPX and Cisco’s IOS name their protocols differently. Cisco
uses sap for Ethernet_802.2, Token-Ring, and Novell’s FDDI_802.2.
Cisco uses snap for Ethernet_SNAP, Token-Ring_SNAP, and
FDDI_SNAP. Cisco uses arpa for Ethernet_II and, finally the default is
Novell-ether for Novell’s Ethernet_802.3. “snap” is used by the Cisco
IOS for which encapsulation types?
* Ethernet_SNAP
* Token-Ring_SNAP
* FDDI_SNAP
* Novell-SNAP
* Novell-FDDI.
Correct answer: A,B &C
7. Novell’s IPX and Cisco’s IOS name their protocols differently. Cisco
uses sap for Ethernet_802.2, Token-Ring, and Novell’s FDDI_802.2.
Cisco uses snap for Ethernet_SNAP, Token-Ring_SNAP, and
FDDI_SNAP. Cisco uses arpa for Ethernet_II and, finally the default is
Novell-ether for Novell’s Ethernet_802.3.15 “sap” is used by the Cisco
IOS for which encapsulation types?
* Ethernet_802.2
* Token-Ring
* FDDI_SNAP
* Ethernet_802.3
* FDDI_802.2
Correct answer: A,B &E
8. Novell’s IPX and Cisco’s IOS name their protocols differently. Cisco
uses sap for Ethernet_802.2, Token-Ring, and Novell’s FDDI_802.2.
Cisco uses snap for Ethernet_SNAP, Token-Ring_SNAP, and
FDDI_SNAP. Cisco uses arpa for Ethernet_II and, finally the default is
Novell-ether for Novell’s Ethernet_802.3. Which type of Ethernet
framing is used for TCP/IP and AppleTalk?
* Ethernet 802.3
* Ethernet 802.2
* Ethernet II
* Ethernet SNAP
Correct answer: D
Ethernet 802.3 is used with NetWare versions 2 through 3.11, Ethernet
802.2 is used with NetWare 3.12 and later plus OSI routing, Ethernet II

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is used with TCP/IP and DECnet, and Ethernet SNAP is used with
TCP/IP and AppleTalk.
9. Which type of Ethernet framing is used for TCP/IP and DECnet?
* Ethernet 802.3
* Ethernet 802.2
* Ethernet II
* Ethernet SNAP
Correct answer: C
Ethernet 802.3 is used with NetWare versions 2 through 3.11, Ethernet
802.2 is used with NetWare 3.12 and later plus OSI routing, Ethernet II
is used with TCP/IP and DECnet, and Ethernet SNAP is used with
TCP/IP and AppleTalk.
10. You are a system administrator on a NetWare network, you are
running NetWare 4.11 and you cannot communicate with your router.
What is the likely problem?
* NetWare 4.11 defaults to 802.2 encapsulation.
* NetWare 4.11 defaults to 802.3 encapsulation
* Cisco routers only work with NetWare 3.11.
* NetWare 3.11 defaults to 802.2 encapsulation.
Correct answer: A
The default encapsulation on Cisco routers is Novell Ethernet_802.3
and NetWare 3.12 and later defaults to 802.2 encapsulation, 3.11 and
earlier defaults to 802.3.
11. NetWare IPX addressing uses a network number and a node number.
Which statements are true?
* The network address is administratively assigned and can be up to 16
hexadecimal digits long.
* The node address is always administratively assigned.
* The node address is usually the MAC address.
* If the MAC address is used as the node address, then IPX eliminates
the use of ARP.
Correct answer: A, C &D
The network address can be up to 16 hexadecimal digits in length. The
node number is 12 hexadecimal digits. The node address is usually the
MAC address. An example IPX address is 4a1d.0000.0c56.de33. The
network part is 4a1d. The node part is 0000.0c56.de33. The network
number is assigned by the system administrator of the Novell network.
12. Which NetWare protocol works on layer 3–network layer—of the OSI
model?
* IPX
* NCP
* SPX
* NetBIOS
Correct answer: A
IPX (Internetwork Packet Exchange) is a NetWare network layer 3
protocol used for transferring information on LANs.
13. Which NetWare protocol provides link-state routing?
* NLSP
* RIP
* SAP
* NCP
Correct answer: A
NetWare Link Services Protocol (NLSP) provides link-state routing.
SAP (Service Advertisement Protocol) advertises network services.
NCP (NetWare Core Protocol) provides client-to-server connections
and applications. RIP is a distance vector routing protocol.
14. As a system administrator, you want to debug igrp but are worried that
the “debug IP igrp transaction” command will flood the console. What is
the command that you should use?
* debug IP igrp event
* debug IP igrp-events
* debug IP igrp summary
* debug IP igrp events
Correct answer: D
The “debug IP igrp events” is used to only display a summary of IGRP
routing information. You can append an IP address onto either
command to see only the IGRP updates from a neighbor.
15. What does the following series of commands accomplish? router igrp
71 network 10.0.0.0 router igrp 109 network 172.68.7.0
* It isolates networks 10.0.0.0 and 172.68.7.0.
* It loads igrp for networks 109 and 71.
* It disables RIP.
* It disables all routing protocols.
Correct answer: A
It isolates network 10.0.0.0 and 172.68.7.0 and associates
autonomous systems 109 and 71 with IGRP. IGRP does not disable
RIP, both can be used at the same time.
16. In the command “router igrp 109″ what does 109 signify?
* an autonomous system
* any network number which the router is attached to
* the allowable length of the routing table
* the network socket number
Correct answer: A

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The Cisco IOS global configuration command “router igrp xxx” is used
to configure the Interior Gateway Routing Protocol. In this case, the
109 is called the process-id , which can also be used for an
autonomous system number.
17. IGRP supports a feature that allows traffic to be distributed among up
to 6 (4 default) paths to provide greater overall throughput and
reliability. What is this called?
* unequal-cost load balancing
* equal-cost load balancing
* proportionate load balancing
* low cost load balancing
Correct answer: A
An unequal-cost load balancing is used to provide alternate paths for
data distribution on an internetwork. Cisco developed this method to
use unused or under utilized links to increase bandwidth and network
availability.
18. IGRP uses flash updates, poison reverse updates, holddown times,
and split horizon. How often does it broadcast its routing table
updates?
* 90 seconds
* 10 seconds
* 30 seconds
* 45 seconds
Correct answer: A
19. The command “show IP protocol” displays which information?
* routing timers
* network information
* contents of the IP routing table
* information about all known network and subnetworks
Correct answer: A & B
“show IP protocol” displays routing timers and network information.
“show IP route” displays the routing table with information about all
known networks and subnetworks.
20. When using RIP, routing updates are broadcast every ____ seconds.
* 30
* 10
* 60
* 90
Correct answer: A
Novell’s RIP updates routing tables every 60 seconds, Apple’s RTMP
is every 10 seconds, routers ARP every 60 seconds, DECnet hosts
and IGRP signal every 15 seconds, and Banyan VINES signals every
90 seconds.
21. An autonomous system can only exist if all routers in that system meet
which criteria?
* interconnected
* run the same routing protocol
* assigned same autonomous system number
* run IGRP only
* run RIP only
Correct answer: A,B &C
An autonomous system is a set of routers and networks under the
same administration. Each router must be interconnected, run the
same routing protocol, and assigned the same autonomous system
number. The network Information Center (NIC) assigns a unique
autonomous system number to enterprises.
22. A default route is analogous to a _________.
* default gateway
* static route
* dynamic route
* one-way route
Correct answer: A
A default route is analogous to a default gateway. It is used to reduce
the length of routing tables and to provide complete routing capabilities
when a router might not know the routes to all other networks.
23. Routers can learn about destinations through static routes, default, or
dynamic routing. By default, a router will use information derived from
__________.
* IGRP
* RIP
* IP
* TCP
Correct answer: A
The quality of information is rated:
Connected interface 0
Static route 1
IGRP 100
RIP 120
Unknown 255
The lower the value, the more reliable the source with 255 signifying
information that the router will ignore. So, the router will use IGRP,
rated at 100, before RIP, rated at 120.
24. You are logged into a router, what command would show you the IP

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addresses of routers connected to you?

* show cdp neighbors detail
* show run
* show neighbors
* show cdp
Correct answer: A
25. As a system administrator, you perform an extended ping at the
privileged EXEC prompt. As part of the display, you see “Set DF bit in
IP header? [yes] :” What would happen if you answered no at the
prompt.
* This lets the router fragment the packet.
* It tells the router not to fragment the packet.
* This lets the router direct the packet to the destination it finds in its
routing table.
* It tell the router to send the packet to the next hop router
Correct answer: A
“Set DF bit in IP header?” is a response to an extended ping at the
router. If you answer yes (the default) the router will not fragment the
packet. If you answer no, the router will fragment the packet.
26. You have typed “ping” 172.16.101.1 and get the following display: Type
escape sequence to abort. Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echoes to
172.16.101.1, timeout is 2 seconds:
.!!!!
What does the “.” signify?
* That one message timed out.
* That all messages were successful.
* That one message was successful.
* That one message completed in under the allotted timeframe.
Correct answer: A
The possible responses from the ping command are: ! Successful
receipt of an echo reply. Timed out waiting for a reply U Destination
unreachable C Congestion-experienced packet I Ping interrupted ?
Packet type unknown & Packet TTL exceeded
27. Which command, that is used to test address configuration, uses
Time-To-Live (TTL) values to generate messages from each router.
* trace
* ping
* telnet
* bootp
Correct answer: A
The Cisco IOS EXEC command “trace [protocol] [destination]” is used
to discover routes that packets will travel to their destination hosts.
Trace uses TTL (Time to Live) values to report destination route
information.
28. What does the command “IP name-server 255.255.255.255″
accomplish?

* It sets the domain name lookup to be a local broadcast.

* This is an illegal command.
* It disables domain name lookup.
* The command is now defunct and has been replaced by “IP server-
name ip any”
Correct answer: A
By default DNS is enabled on a router with a server address of
255.255.255.255, which provides for a local broadcast.

29. As a system administrator, you need to provide your routers with a

Domain Name System (DNS) server. How many DNS servers can you
specify with one command?
*6
*1
*2
*4
Correct answer: A
You can only specify six name servers in one command. The syntax is
“IP name-server server-address1 [[ server-address2 ]…server-
address6]. You must also enable
DNS.
30. How would you configure one host name that points to two IP
addresses?
* IP host jacob 1.0.0.5 2.0.0.8
* IP jacob 1.0.0.5 2.0.0.8
* IP host jacob 1.0.0.5
* IP host duplicate “all”
Correct answer: A

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